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New Drug Combination Found To Improve Memory in Alzheimer’s Patient

...overall daily functioning compared to those in the placebo group. Researchers say they were pleasantly surprised to see that the two drugs worked well together. Memantine is significant, since it provides an entirely new medication option for the 2.5 million people currently suffering at the advanced stage o...

Drug Found Effective In Reducing Vertebral Fractures In Women

...ce conducted a larger study to compare the drug to placebo in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.The stud...n received either the drug strontium ranelate or a placebo daily for three years. Participants were also given calcium and vitamin D supplements. Vertebral rad...

HRT Found To Increase Recurrence of Breast Cancer

...w or recurring cancer, compared to just seven in a placebo group. The risk was deemed unacceptable, and the study was halted on December 17, 2003. Noting some doctors prescribe HRT for their breast cancer patients with severe menopausal symptoms because observational studies have suggested no harm from the...

Cholesterol-lowering drug Found To greatly Reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack

... a group of patients gets a statin and half gets a placebo and they feel that the results of this study could indeed lead to a novel treatment for heart disease....

A Solution To Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight

...a prolonged period, while only about 20 percent on placebo experienced the same success.Researchers say overw...of rimonabant lost about one pound, while those on placebo gained about two pounds. Obese smokers also lost more than a pound while on the drug, compared to ob...

The Answer To Prevent Osteoporosis

... milligrams of the drug for three years and then a placebo for the next five years. Researchers say 247 women stayed with the study for the entire 10 years. The study showed women on 10 milligrams of alendronate daily increased their bone density compared to women not on the drug. Women on 5 milligrams had...

New Treatment To Raise Good Cholesterol

... a statin drug. All of the participants received a placebo for four weeks and then received torcetrapib for four weeks. The patients who were not on a statin then took an additional four weeks of the drug twice a day. Results showed patients on the statins and torcetrapib had a 61-percent increase in their...

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

... first randomized test to compare Viagra against a placebo for pulmonary hypertension. The drug is even being given to babies, surprising but true . Some doctors and insurance companies say they have concerns about this use of Viagra, saying it has not been proved effective in rigorous clinical trials, whe...

Stroke Prevention

...ension. The patients randomly received the drug or placebo for seven days. The blood flow in their retinal ve...essel function. However, when patients were on the placebo the blood flow did not change. Researchers feel because of the similarity between the retinal and br...

Triglyceride Drug Found To Lower The Risk Of Diabetes

...tes, it was about a year later than the men on the placebo developed the condition. Researchers say, they found that a significant portion of the men in both groups did go on to develop diabetes, which is common in people with heart disease. However, they believe these results suggest there may be hope for ...

Staying Awake With Coffee

.... Nearly 20 male participants were given either a placebo or a caffeine pill every hour after they woke up. ...on caffeine did report feeling more tired than the placebo group thus proving that caffeine should not be a substitute for sleep when trying to rejuvenate the ...

Statins Found To Be Helpful For Patients With Arthritis

...ts either 40 milligrams a day of atorvastatin or a placebo in addition to therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. After six months, patients who received the statin had a small but significant improvement in arthritis symptoms, such as pain and swollen joints. However specialists say that certain restrictions sho...

A Vitamin A Day May Delay The Life span Of HIV Patients

...ase or died. In comparison, 83 of the 267 women on placebo progressed to stage 4 or died. The women on the multivitamin also had lower viral loads. However, the effects of receiving vitamin A alone were not much different than those of placebo. Plus, adding vitamin A to the multivitamin seemed to reduce some...

The Uses Of Soy Protein

...otein containing 99 milligrams of isoflavones or a placebo for 12 months. Cognitive function, bone mineral density, and cholesterol were measured at the beginning of the study and at the final visit 12 months later. Researchers say they did not find any effect of the soy protein supplementation. Timing of t...

Studying The Effectiveness Of Cough Syrups

...y the cough syrup ingredients were not superior to placebo in improving nighttime cough or sleep. It was found that children who received a placebo reported a 2.24-point improvement in their child’s symptoms, while children who received the real me...

Delaying The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...heimer’s treatment drug donepezil (Aricept), and a placebo for delay or prevention of progression from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease. They found vitamin E had no effect, but for a brief time, donepezil reduced the risk of progressing to Alzheimer’s when compared to patients who took a plac...

Effective Pain Relief For Patients Suffering From Multiple Sclerosis

... were given up to 10 milligrams of dronabinol or a placebo for three weeks. Patients reported pain intensity was significantly lower and pain relief was higher during dronabinol treatment. The difference between treatments in pain reduction was about 21 percent. Pressure-evoked pain also tended to decrease, ...

The Use Of Steroids for Dizziness Questioned

...the steroid improved compared to 39 percent in the placebo group, 36 percent in the antiviral group and 59 percent in the combination group. Researchers say the antiviral drug clearly did not improve the outcome in patients with vestibular neuritis despite the assumed viral cause. In fact, the steroid-alone ...

Aspirin Not The Ideal Treatment Option For Stroke Patients

...ound 7,600 patients who received either aspirin or placebo on top of the existing clopidogrel therapy. After 18 months of treatment, researchers found a small decrease in vascular risks. However, they say the combination therapy doubled the risk of intracranial and gastrointestinal bleeding. Researchers say ...

New Treatment Option For Menstrual Migraine

...uation. Researchers report 67 percent of those on placebo had a migraine, 52 percent of those on the drug once a day had a migraine, and 41 percent of those on the drug twice a day had a migraine. The drug also seemed to reduce migraine severity, duration and the use of other medications. Thus researchers ...

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